Impact of Sublethal Levels of Environmental Pollutants Found in Sewage Sludge on a Novel Caenorhabditis elegans Model Biosensor

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  McLaggan, Debbie ^a   Amezaga, Maria R ^a   Petra, Eleni ^a   Frost, Andrew ^a   Duff, Elizabeth I ^c   Rhind, Stewart M ^b   Fowler, Paul A ^a   Glover, L Anne ^a   Lagido, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FLOXURIDINE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSENSOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GROWTH RATE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL STAGE; LETHALITY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SLUDGE; UTERUS; WATER POLLUTANT; WORM;

ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLOXURIDINE; LUMINESCENCE; SEWAGE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 84867049970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046503     Document Type: Article

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